In vivo imaging of in situ motility of fresh and liquid stored ram spermatozoa in the ewe genital tract

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Druart, Xavier ^a   Cognié, Juliette ^a   Baril, Gérard ^a   Clément, Frédérique ^b   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSFER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; EWE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIQUID; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS HORN; VAGINA; VELOCITY;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 70449348465     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0108     Document Type: Article

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